Manlaojiang Organic Estate - Introduction to Manzhongtian and Naji Village Organic Coffee

Manlaojiang Coffee: Premium Organic Coffee

Manlaojiang Coffee is devoted to specialty coffee, and its beans come from the Manlaojiang organic estates of Manzhongtian and Naji Village. These sites sit at low latitude and medium altitude, with dense forest cover, plentiful rainfall, long hours of sunshine, fertile soil and remarkable biodiversity. Together these conditions give Manlaojiang beans the best possible foundation for quality.

What Is Organic Coffee?

Organic coffee is grown without synthetic pesticides, herbicides or chemical fertilizers. Farming this way keeps the environment healthy and protects the purity of groundwater, so the coffee retains more of its natural character, tastes cleaner and contains less caffeine.

Truly fine organic coffee is a collaboration between nature, the land and human care. A coffee tree takes five years to flower and bear fruit, and roughly 4,000 beans are needed for a single pound of coffee. Organic coffee is picked entirely by hand, and the fruit one tree produces in a whole year yields only about one pound of roasted beans.

Current Manlaojiang Coffee Organic Varieties

1. Nagy Peaberry

A premium sun-dried garden bean from Naji Estate, and China's first coffee to score 90 points, putting Yunnan coffee on the same stage as the world's finest specialty lots. It remains the highest-scoring Chinese coffee to this day.

Flavor profile: richly layered notes of roasted hazelnut and musk, cedar and raisin, with a plum-blossom finish.

2. Man Wan Shan

In 2016, Manlaojiang's head roaster Arire turned to micro-lot beans from Manzhongtian's Man Wan Shan and broke his own year-old record for China's first 90-point coffee, setting a new high of 93 points for Chinese coffee on CoffeeReview.

Flavor profile: hibiscus aroma, jasmine and Yunnan black tea, with caramel and honey in the finish.

3. Hong Mi Zao

Hong Mi Zao comes from Naji Estate and is processed with the red honey method. It was the designated coffee for the World Cup Tasting Competition and has earned wide acclaim. Every batch is hand-sorted by flotation while the cherries are fresh, with only 100 kg selected each day and just over 10 kg of beans obtained at the end.

Flavor profile: lively, bright acidity with osmanthus and red date aroma, preserved plum and cocoa, a rich brown-sugar finish and a silky body.

Visit Manlaojiang Coffee

The sun is shining outside, so don't stay cooped up at home. Come to Manlaojiang Coffee, order the cup you love best, and chat, daydream or simply sit in silence—give your soul a holiday. Don't let money and work fill your entire life.

One day, once you fall in love with coffee, you'll find that life grows more and more wonderful in the atmosphere of a single cup.

FrontStreet Coffee Recommendation

If this article has made you curious about Yunnan coffee, FrontStreet's Yunnan lineup is a natural next step. FrontStreet Yunnan Xiaoli comes from the Baoshan growing region and is washed and medium-roasted, offering soft nut and chocolate sweetness with a gentle plum-like acidity—an approachable, affordable introduction to the region. For a clearer, more layered expression of Yunnan terroir, FrontStreet 2013 Sun-Dried Typica uses fully ripe red cherries and the natural process, medium-roasted for balance and a brighter sweet-tart profile, with dark berry notes, caramel sweetness, chocolate and a hint of dried apricot, finishing on black tea. And for a Yunnan twist in espresso, the FrontStreet Black Cocoa Blend pairs Yunnan Xiaoli with Brazil Cerrado: the Brazil supplies mixed-nut aroma and a balanced body while the Yunnan brings chocolate and citrus, yielding an Americano that balances sweet, tart and bitter with nut and brown-sugar sweetness, or a latte with the smoothness of almond and cream.